Recursos Sysadmin
10 Tech Forums That Every Sysadmin Should Know About
April 5, 2021
Today, we bring you a comparison and analysis of various tech forums that any SysAdmin should know about, or anyone in the IT sector, for that matter. We’ll look at the number of visits, threads and users, as well as the type of content, so that you know what there is out there.
Keeping up to date with the latest on bugs, security, issues, solutions and hardware is part of the job of anyone working in IT. That’s why we have analysed 20 forums for systems administrators and selected those that we think are the most relevant (based on data from the start of 2021. To do this, we have looked at the number of visits, threads, messages and members, as well as the themes and content that each forum offers.
Even though Stackoverflow caters mainly for developers, a significant number of members are systems administrators looking for information or contributing their knowledge on subjects like databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, etc.) or platforms (Linux, Windows, Docker, AWS, Android, etc.). This is definitely one of the most important IT forums out there.
Tek-Tips IT Forums has been going since 1998. All kinds of IT professionals participate on this forum, with many looking to either find or share information about cloud computing, programming, operating systems, IoT, hardware or communications.
Tech Support Guy is a community for systems administrators that focuses mainly on security, networking, the internet, operating systems (mainly Windows) and many other sections, with multiple threads on software, hardware and other topics.
Techenclave is India’s biggest tech forum with an active community of more than 60,000 members. This site is a trove of useful information for systems administrators and even features a really interesting marketplace for selling and buying hardware.
Bit-Tech first started as a forum focused on hardware, specifically on computer mods and improvements to hardware. These days, there are other well-developed sections that cover other topics like technical support, gaming and software.
Techis Forum is fundamentally geared towards hardware and software, but it also features some other extensive sections on security, web design, SEO or gaming. It has a large active community that posts continuously and also has some other interesting sections about education and professional careers within the IT sector.
Virtual Dr is an IT support forum focused on resolving specific issues. Focusing mainly on hardware, software, antivirus and operating systems, Virtual Dr has an extensive and helpful community of IT experts.
Computer Forum is a forum dealing with subjects related to the IT sector, putting special emphasis on hardware improvement or expansion.
Scurvy’s Ultimate PC Forum is a forum focused on the buying and selling of hardware, though there are numerous threads discussing related topics like operating systems, PC gaming and hardware (graphics cards, processors, components, etc). It’s a good place to go if you’re looking for opinions and experiences related to hardware.
If what you’re looking for are discussions on security and data recovery, Recovery Force is the forum for you. This forum specialises in these topics and has a community of more than 700 members dedicated to resolving these types of issues.
We hope that all this information will help you to make the best use of your time (we know that you don’t have loads to spare) and find the information that interests you the most.
